CHA members have access to a Legal Fund in copyright infringement, libel or plagiarism cases.
The CHA tries to represent the interest of all historians in Canada regardless of their area of research with respect to a wide variety of matters including:
- Funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and other agencies
- Copyright and royalties
- Access to archives and the preservation of historical records
- Publishing
- Privacy and access to information
- Preservation and commemoration of heritage
- Careers for historians
- Mistreatment by universities, governments or other agencies
Colin Coates, President of the CHA, has written a letter to the Chair of the Regional Municipality of Halton concerning the July 9, 2025 decision of the Halton Regional Council to close the Halton Region Heritage Services department. The »
Donald Wright, President of the CHA, has written a letter to Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc. concerning the auctioning of HBC items. The letter can be read here. »
The CHA supports B’nai Brith Canada in a letter sent to the relevant Canadian Federal Ministers September 27, 2023 Dear Ministers, The Canadian Historical Association | La Société historique du Canada supports the release of historical records pertaining to »
Standing Committee on Science and Research House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 July 21, 2023 Re: Government of Canada’s Graduate Scholarship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programs Dear Members of the Committee, Founded in 1922, the Canadian Historical Association is »
Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget The Canadian Historical Association August 2023 Recommendation 1: That the government implement the recommendation of the March 2023 Report of the Advisory Panel on the Federal »
Steven High, Professor of History at Concordia University and President of the Canadian Historical Association Trickle down theory is alive and well it seems in our universities. While graduate students in Canada live well below the poverty line, given »
25 October 2022 Dr. Mike DeGagné Chairperson Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences 200 – 141 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 5J3 Dear Dr. DeGagné, I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) »
24 October 2022 Ted Hewitt President Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 350 Albert St, Box 1610 Ottawa, ON K1P 6G4 Dear Dr. Ted Hewitt, I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) to strongly »
12 May 2022 Dear Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, he Canadian Historical Association is writing to express its opposition to the proposed amendments to Canada’s Copyright Act as outlined in the recent federal budget. Under the current legislation »
Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, The Canadian Historical Association calls on the federal government to use its influence to convince the French authorities to stop the building of luxury seaside condominiums at Juno Beach, Canada’s D-Day landing site in »